GETMAILOV vs Google Workspace: everything they charge you that you don't need

Google advertises its most basic plan at around seven euros per user per month, billed annually. On your own, that is about 84 euros a year. But most small businesses are two or three people, and then the number shoots up: between 168 and 252 euros a year for email alone.

And you are not done yet: with Workspace you need your own domain (around 15 euros a year), you have to configure the records so the email works and, when the client asks for the website, you have to find hosting and a website builder, which is another 100 to 200 euros a year. In the end, a small business can be paying between 300 and 450 euros a year to have email, a domain and a basic website as separate things.

GETMAILOV bundles everything into a single fee: your own domain included on every renewal, a multi-page website with SEO, professional email on your domain, bookings, shop, chatbot and leads. When you compare the numbers, the difference is not small: it is the difference between paying for an entire infrastructure or paying for email alone.

And with GETMAILOV there are no surprise invoices: you don't pay per user (if you become three people next year, the price is the same) and there are no hidden add-ons. One price, everything included.

With Google Workspace, the setup is yours. You have to verify the domain, create the users, decide how many you need, configure the SPF and DKIM records (get it wrong and your email lands in spam), manage passwords and, when someone on the team leaves, remember to deactivate them. All of that takes time and, if you have never done it, mistakes.

With GETMAILOV the technical work disappears: when you connect your domain, the platform automatically configures the DNS records, the SSL certificate and the email authentication mechanisms. You don't need to know what an MX record or a DKIM key is: GETMAILOV does it for you and shows you that everything is green.

That difference shows up every day. With Workspace, when you have an email problem you dig through records and settings; with GETMAILOV you open a chat with human support and they fix it. For a freelancer, time is money, and the time you spend administering tools is time you don't spend on clients.

And there is one thing Workspace never solves: your website. Workspace gives you email and documents, but when the client asks where they can see your work, you have to leave Workspace and find another service. With GETMAILOV the website, the domain and the email are one platform, which removes a whole pile of connections and headaches.

To be honest: GETMAILOV is not for everyone, and Google Workspace is not always a bad choice. If your company is a large organisation, with hundreds of mailboxes, departments and very specific internal collaboration needs (documents shared at scale, video calls with many participants, advanced admin controls), Workspace is a serious and mature tool.

If you already have an IT team or a technology partner managing everything, the per-user cost may be affordable and the setup costs you no effort. In those cases, Workspace is a perfectly reasonable decision and we won't try to convince you otherwise.

But if you are a freelancer, a local shop or a small business with nobody dedicated to IT, you have to ask yourself whether you are paying for features you will never use. Most small businesses don't need even 20% of Workspace's options: they need reliable professional email, a website that represents them and tools to sell. And that, with GETMAILOV, you get all together at a fraction of the cost.

So our advice is clear: if yours is a small business, start with GETMAILOV, which also has a free plan so you can try it with zero risk. If one day you grow to the point where you need Workspace, you can always switch. The reverse path (paying for Workspace and then discovering you still need a website) is the more expensive one.